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    General Packet Radio Service

    (GPRS)

    Mobile Computing and Broadband


    Networking Laboratory
    CIS, NCTU

    Outline

    Introduction
    GSM System
    Circuit-Switch
    Packet-Switch
    GPRS
    Compare GPRS with GSM
    The functions of SGSN and GGSN
    The future of GPRS
    Conclusions

    Introduction

    Internet is developed rapidly and includes more


    and more information in recent years
    Peoples activity areas are not limited
    Cell phones are more convenient
    There are plenty of powerful information in the
    Internet
    Using the mobility of the cell phone and those
    valuable information in the Internet

    GSM System

    GSM System

    Voice communication
    Using Short Message Service (SMS) to transmit
    data
    Using Circuit-Switch
    Disadvantages:

    The transmit speed is too slow (9.6 Kbps or 14.4 Kbps)


    No support of multimedia data: audio and video
    Low efficiency for bandwidth
    Too expensive to support multimedia services

    Circuit-Switch

    Packet-Switch

    Burstiness comparison

    GPRS (General Packed Radio Service)

    GPRS (cont.)

    Advantages

    High bit rates

    4 code schemes (9.05Kbps ~ 21.4Kbps)


    8 channels (171.2Kbps)

    Using packet-switching and is more suitable for bursty


    traffic
    Fast call setup time (always connected)
    Coexistence with GSM systems
    Using radio resource and network more flexible
    Counting the fees by the amount of data
    An important step to 3G

    GPRS (cont.)

    GPRS provides two types of services:

    PTP (Point-To-Point)
    Connectionless: IP
    Connection-oriented: X.25

    PTM (Point-To-Multipoint)
    Multicast Service (PTM-M)
    Group Call Service (PTM-G)

    Compare GPRS with GSM

    High-speed circuit-switch data (HSCSD)

    Giving a single user simultaneous access to multiple


    channels
    The highest speed is up to 115.2 Kbps

    Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)

    Eight-phase-shift (8 PSK) modulation


    Every time slot can support up to 48 Kbps
    The highest speed is up to 384 Kbps
    40 times of GSM and 3 times of GPRS

    Data Services Comparison

    The Architecture of GSM

    The Architecture of GPRS (cont.)

    The Functions of SGSN and GGSN

    Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)

    Admission control
    Mobility management
    Receiving and delivering the packets
    Address translation and mapping
    Encapsulation

    Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN)

    The interface between GPRS network and packet


    data network

    Protocol Architecture

    Protocol Architecture (cont.)

    Physical layer:

    RFL (Physical RF Layer) modulation/demodulation


    PLL (Physical Link Layer) error
    control congestion detect

    Data link layer:

    MAC (Medium Access Control) slotted ALOHA


    RLC (Radio Link Control) error correction
    LLC (Logical Link Control) always connected

    Protocol Architecture (cont.)

    GPRS supports interworking of MSs with X.25-, IPbased networks by encapsulation and decapsulation
    Between SGSN and MS, further encapsulation is
    performed by SNDCP (SubNetwork-Dependent
    Convergence Protocols)

    including: multiplexing compression segmentation

    The MAC is derived from a slotted reservation


    ALOHA protocol, and operate between MS and BTS

    Three Kinds of Routing Examples

    Applications of GPRS

    The Future of GPRS

    The Future of GPRS (cont.)

    Conclusions

    GPRS is economical for the operators


    It is more popular in Europe
    People demand more mobile data access
    Its data rate is limited by the availability of
    time slots
    The development of cell phones is slow
    The problem of junk mails

    Reference

    A.A Samjani, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS),


    IEEE Potentials, Volume: 21, April-May 2002.
    Internet Network Communication (Chinese), June 2001.
    www.3g-generation.com/gprs_and _edge.htm
    Michael Clever, Mass Market Solution for Mobile
    Data, Telecommunications, June 1999.
    David Tade, Evolving Wireless System: Choosing a
    Migration Path, Telecommunication, February 1999.

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